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It is Lazada’s 5th birthday this March and everyone is invited! Brands, sellers and other e-commerce partners are joining Lazada to surprise shoppers with all the perks of online shopping. Starting from March 13 with hot deals and preorders to whet the appetite of eager shoppers, Lazada’s birthday celebrations will peak on March 21 – 23 presenting limited-time…

Aside from their customer-centric services that LAZADA offers, they are now giving chance to the country’s entrepreneurs to get their products out in the market today. Any business, whether it maybe an SMB, a large corporation, or even a personal-private group can now utilize e-commerce as a way to get their products online, get better reach and…

Pinoys are known for being hopeless romantic and emotional, thus topics about love and friendship will always find a special place in everyone’s hearts. That was proven time and again in the latest ad by the country’s leading fastfood chain Jollibee. The ad entitled “Vow” under the #KwentongJollibee series has already gone viral on social…

Miss France Iris Mittenaere was crowned Miss Universe 2016. In the pageant’s finals held January 30, 2017 at the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila, Philippines, Mittenaere bested 85 equally beautiful ladies to get the most coveted Miss Universe crown. She succeeded The Philippines very own Miss Universe 2015 Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach and got the…

Miss Universe has crowned it’s new queen in a glamorous coronation ball held Monday January 30, 2017 at the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila, Philippines. 86 equally gorgeous and stunning ladies from around the world will vie for the coveted crown and the hope to succeed 2015 Miss Universe from the Philippine Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach.…

No less than the Speaker of the House, Pantaleon Alvarez wants PNP Chief Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa to resign from his position. This after Dela Rosa himself admitted that the missing Korean Executive Ick-joo Jee was killed in his own headquarters, Camp Crame. The speaker said Dela Rosa should immediately resign as PNP chief to…

Miss Universe Philippines 2016 Maxine Medina is now open to the possibility of getting the aid of an interpreter during the Miss Universe 2016 Finals. After being bashed in social media for her purported poor English skills, the Philippines bet to the Miss Universe 2016 said she is open to getting the service of an interpreter…

The Malacanang Press Corps slammed Malacanang’s Presidential Communications Office Chief Martin Andanar over his accusation that media misreported President Duterte’s statement about Martial Law. In a one page joint statement issued Wednesday January 18, 2017, the Palace media said they take exception on Andanar’s accusation that they are misreporting President Duterte’s statement about Martial Law. MPC…

President Rodrigo Duterte again floated the idea of declaring martial law to aid his war on drugs. In a speech in front of Davao businessman over the weekend the president said if he has to declare martial law, he will do it and no one can stop him even the Supreme Court nor the Congress.…

The Philippine Stocks Exchange main index (PSEi) ended the week on a 3-day loosing streak. PSE’s main index PSEi traded 0.36% low at 7238.52. This is the 3rd straight day that the PSEi went down since Tuesday January 10, 2017 loosing 125.82 points or 1.71%. Mining and Oil is the biggest loser going down by 2.76%…

After setting social media on fire for supposed degradation and destruction of Coron Seas, American TV network Nickelodeon set the record straight about the controversial planned under the sea theme park in Coron Palawan. In a conversation with netizen Dana Uson, Nickelodeon clarified that the planned theme park will not be under the sea theme…